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A Zoologist Looks at Humankind

A Zoologist Looks at Humankind

Hardback (15 Mar 1990)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Portmann, a Swiss zoologist, argues against investigating human nature only through biological comparison to other animals, and suggests concentration on our uniqueness as a species. He describes two concepts of evolution the biological and the historical and argues that we must go beyond the mechan

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Columbia University Press

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Book information

ISBN: 9780231061940
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 573.2
DEWEY edition: 20
Number of pages: 174
Weight: 400g
Height: 222mm
Width: 146mm
Spine width: 19mm